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CHAPTER I.
Around the boose the wind was shriek
Ing with mournful vehemence, now and
then Hinging great drops of rain against
the window pane. The moon, which half
mi hour before wai shining with exquisite
brilliancy, now lay hidden behind banks
of heavy clouds; and the fitful gusts of
wind that swept round corners and moan
p1 through the pine branches betokened
a storm before the morning, while np from
the sea came the sad monotonous roar of
ifie wares aa they thundered against the
giant rocks.
"There la thunder in the air," said Lady
Jlry, looking up thoughtfully.
' I.aay Mary looked older than Bhe really
ana; but her face was still beautiful in
I)ite of years of trouble and 111-hoalth.
np was a tall, stately woman witn se
verely aristocratic features and the dis
tinguished air which cannot be acquired.
She was knitting placidly. Occasionally
she raised her head to cast a glance of
unaffected tenderness upon a lad of about
hfteen who was bending over a book at a
tnfl table near. He was Lady Mary's
p!w, the son of her dead brother, and
the last of bjs name. In IfeU yooUj;
fui earl all her hopes were centered; and
'e lavished upon him a mother's love
who had never been a mother.
4 Snfed expression passed over her
.fate aa, he storm developed. On just
such a ojh.t as this ber brother, Lord
Wriothesley, the father of the lad before
her, had been thrown from his horse and
brought home, to, the Towers lifeless. On
such a night two long years back her true
love, to whom she. was to have been mar
ried on that day week, was drowned off St.
Wi Head. Alas, for such storms as
these) They boded no good to the old
race to which she belonged, and which
seemed to be now fast drawing to its
'clone. lBgii") i
f'nat a nightr said Lady Mary, with
a nervons start
"I like saW the lad, holding bis head
, erect, aa teut enjoying the warfare
without -What a aea there most be on j
io-nijhtr". . - 3ts-" i
pushed back his chair and walked
'toward the window nearest to him. Half '
way across the room, h,owevr, he came to
a standstill. His faes turned pale, and
his eyes wore an eager, strained expres
sion s though he were listening for
Something. At the same moment Lady
Mary cried out abruptly:
. IVWbat was that?"
' She, too, had risen, and now moved
nearer to the boy. Her tall figure was
drawn np to its fnlt height; her fine eyes
hone brightly. All the petty tremors
that a ad shaken her a few minute before
were now gone, having given place to a
sudden feeling of strength and courage.
She stood calm and self -possessed, al
though anxious.
Above the storm they bad beard a shrill,
wild cry, which even now, though faint
and walling, was strong enough to pierce
the riotous war of the gale and the daah-
lug of the rain drops upon the gravel with
out. It was the cry of a child in sore dis
tress. It sounded more plaintive and
weak every moment, but it seemed to be
coming nearer to the house.
"Summon the servants; it is some poor
ereature in distreaar cried Lady Mary,
making a rapid movement toward the bell.
"No, no; I will go myself," said the boy,
walking to the window that opened on to
a long balcony.
"Id this storm, Fulke la this rain?
Oh, no, darling!" she entreated; hut be
was not listening to ber.
Lord Wriothesley pulled open the ease
ment with a vigorous hand, and there,
shivering in the darkness, stood a forlorn
looking little thing that made Lady Mary
and ber nephew shiver.
It was a child a mere babe. The cloak
that had been wrapped round it bad fallen
back, and now the pretty, rounded, uplift
ed arms were wet with the rain. The soft
yellow locks that should have been some
mother's tendereat pride were tangled and
wet The small face looked ghastly, and
tears fell from the little one's eyes, while
gasping sobs came from her lipa.
The next violent gnat of wind dashed
the poor little waif against the aid of the
open window. The tiny baby bands
clutched convulsively at the wood work;
hut no cry escaped her lipa thea. Her
strength seemed gone.
"It la a child a child r cried Lady
Mary, la a compassionate tone, harrying
to the window.
The little oee, however, bad caught
sight of Wriotbealey, and held oat bar
arms to him. Aa be ran eagerly to ber
and carried her Into the warm room, she
clung to Una affectionately, and ottered a
childish algh of relief that west straight
to the boy's heart
The little wet arms claaped his neck,
the frightened face was pressed against
bis shoo Id er. Bhe was too young to re
son: bat she knew that she was safe
she waa with frienda. The rain do longer
made her feel cold, the bowling wind
ed to drag at her dock, and, better than
all else, the awful darkness waa gone.
Lady Maty took her from Fsike, placed
ber on the hearth rag dot to the cheery
fire, and shook the rata from ber hair.
Her dothes were foaad to be wringing
wet. a a amid waa hastily summooed
elothes war produced it for the tiny vis
itor's aae, borrowed, ao doubt, from the
good wesnnn at the ledge, whoa babies
seemed to swarm aO over the place. Her
pretty hair was dried, aad shoae bow la
the lamplight Ilka threads of gold; aad
her hrge. grave, wistfnl cyan melancholy
eye for a tiny mortal who atoM not kave
been mare than foar yoaas aid lighted ay
a slsatamrhr retty face.
Waea Lady Mary qasetloasd bar aa at
her name, she would say nothing beyond
a attaint asoaosyllabia that ao aae seals'
onderstasd. "Mg" It sounded Haw; bat
the met eallghteaed Eagttah Mat eoaid
make little of that
"I eeafaav It is tee
aar as." said
Lady Mary, who waa
t child
oa her lap with aa afcw
sak. "Wear, dear, how
af tea aad
her seer
"I think she must be a stranger's child,"
said the boy, who wan kneeling on the
hearth rug ami staring at the baby, whose
solemn caze delighted him. "The ser
vants know every soul in the village; but
they don't know her."
i "Nan-iia."' said the child, glancing
round ber inquiringly, and then up into
the face of Lady Mary, who laughed and
kissed the earnest eyes.
"That doesn't tell us much," she said.
"See haw she laughs now! What a pretty
rogue it is! I wish I could make out ber
uame."
"Perhaps she hasn't an earthly one. She
may have dropped from the skies." rejoin
ed Fulke, laughing. "If go, we shall have
to give her a name."
"It should be a marvelously pretty name
to suit ber," said Lady Mary, gazing ten
derly iuto the little one's charming face.
"Why, there, you have christened her!"
cried Wriothesley. gayly. "She shall be
called 'Marvel,' even though it be for this
night only. Marvel" bending toward the
child "do you like your new came,
baby?" 2:.. i !,--. '
The child nodded her bead sagely, and
tea wriggled off Lady Mary's lap and
toddled up to the boy. As he took her in
his arms the door was opened, and the
maid who had undressed the little wan
derer again entered the room.
'If you please, my lady, we found this
locket pinned Inside the child's dress." As
sb? spoke, the girl held out a fist gold
locket, very plain, and rather battered.
There was surprise in Lady Mary's face
as she took the trinket. She looked at it
seriously for a moment, as if heitatlng,
and then opened It Inside was the pic
ture of a young man with a handsome.
aristocratic, but reckless looking face, and
with a displeasing expression of mockery
in his light-blue eyes; the mouth, bow
ever, was beautifully formed, and the
brow was broad and open.
Having dismissed the maid. Lady Mary
glanced thoughtfully from the picture to
the child, and then back again. No, there
was no likeness.
The morning broke bright with sunlight, j
and as calm and clear as though the pre-:
vlous night's storm had never been; but;
it brought to the Towers n anxious moth
er crying for ber child. Day after day,
week after week went by, but still the
child remained as alone in the world as
though she had Indeed, aa Fulke had sug
gested, "dropped from the sky."
At last Lady Mary's secret belief thst
the child had been purposely abandoned
was declared by common consent to be the
correct solution of the mystery not cru
elly abandoned, perhaps, but designedly
placed within Lady Mary's reach by some
one who was aware of the clemency and
love that adorned her life and endeared
her to all the villagers for miles around.
CHAPTER n.
The years passed away swiftly; and, as
by degrees servanta left or died or got
married, and others who were stranger
to that part of the country took their
places, the event of that wild night was
almost forgotten, and the child came to be
considered as one of the family. She was
at first an amusement, then a joy, and at
last a comfort to Lady Mary, whose
health did not improve as time ware on.
She took the little one into ber inmost
heart, and cherished ber there without
detriment to the love she bore Fulke. In
a marvelously short space of time, aa it
seemed to her, the boy sprang into early
manhood, obtained his commission to the
Hussars, and quitted the home nest.
Lady Mary took great pains with the
girl's educstion. A governess taught ber
all the English that a girl should know,
and three times a week masters came
from town. Marvel accepted thea all,
and waa docile aad obedient. Imbibing
their knowledge with little trouble to her
self; but the delight aba felt la learning
she reserved for such leasooa aa were giv
en to ber by the rector, with whom she
waa a special favorite. He was unmar
ried, a student and a book-worm a
strange man who hitherto bad bean ab
sorbed la himself; bat the child took hold
of bran and dragged him whether he would
or not into the warm sunlight of her own
young Ufa.
The first knowledge of the world's pain.
the first touch of anguish, came to her
through Pulke. Ha sailed for India, and
suddenly it seemed to ber aa if the whole
earth had become empty. What a void
his going left! He started foil of hope
and pride, aa a young soldier should, leav
ing behind him a sad old woman whose
every desire waa bound up in bin and a
slender, mournful child, who waa hardly
to be consoled.
It waa early morning, of a perfect Jose
day; nine o clock had oaly lost been
struck, with quite a reprehensible waste
of time, by the slow old clock la the cor
ridor. Marvel had come upstairs with ber
auntie's breakfast sod "the post," and
was now waiting while Lady Mary sipped
her chocolate and dipped into ber eorre
spondeace. She was very feeble aow,
aad quite unequal to rising before as
The girl was gating oat of the window,
when an agitated voice withia the room
roused her from ber musing.
"Marvel, come to me! He is to be hers
on the nineteenth; I have bad a definite
line from bias the nineteenth 1" cried
Lady Mary, la ber eager, feeble way,
"The nineteenth r said the girt. "Why,
it la quite close! It sounds Uke to-morrow;
aad, after all these long years oh,
H la laeredible!"
"Noa sense, dear child! Why, wa have
been looking forward to It for the last sis
months."
"I know; and yet It never seemed Im
possible until now, when it Is so near.
Wonder" -she hesitated, and thea went
aa "I wonder if be will be ehangedT
Greatly, I meea. It all seams aa wag
agal When be went, I was only twelve;
aow, I am seventeen, aad ha moat be
twenty -eight quite old it sounds, doesn't
itr
"Qalte young, dearest," said Lady
At thst moment one of the servants
opened the door, sud, with a little cour
tesy to Lady Mary, addretwed Marvel.
"Mrs. Bunch says. Miss Crmen. that
she would be very much obliged if you
could come to h.-r to the still-room. She
would have conic to you, but "
"I shall tie there in a few minutes,""
said Marvel.
Mrs. Hunch was the hoiisekceier, and
of late Marvel had given all the house
hold directions. The servants Indeed,
every one culled her "Miss Craven," that
being the Wriotbealey family name. The
poor child had no name of her own, so
Lady Mary had lent her one.
Marvel made a sign to the girl, who
withdrew.
"Would yon like to speak to Bunch
now about his rooms Fulke's?" she ask
ed. "He will have the old suite, I sup
pose; but years make things look dingy,
and I think the rooms would require "
"Everything!" cried Lady Mary, with
U touch of her ol imyylsivenen, "I
would have nothing 'less" than perfection.
What is it not his home-coming? What
then should we spare? See to It dearest.
It is his e.wn house, remember; and vhy
should he Now that I think of It,
Marvel now that he has come to man's
estate surely a better suite should be as
signed him! The west wing has some
nice roomseh?"
"They would be strange to him," ob
jected the girl, tenderly. "Let him have
the old ones those he has been picturing
to himself when first he comes; they will
seem more like home. Afterward he can
manage as he likes." She went nearer to
Lady Mary, and, stooping over ber, kissed
ber. "Do you know," she said, slowly,
with a pretty childish regretfnlness in her
tone, "I don't like those words of yours
'man's estate!" Oh, auatie, I wish he
were a boy again!"
CHAPTER III.
It was one of the Honorable Mrs. Ve
rvain's musical evenings, and nearly ev
ery one worth knowing io town was pres
ent. It was considerably after midnight
when a young man, entering an antecham
ber, added yet another to the already
numerous assembly. He made his way to
where he saw Mrs. Verulam standing in
what looked like a cloud of yellow net
relieved here aud there by a gleam of
yellow topaz.
"At last!" she said, giving him her
hand. "I had ceased to hope I had quite
given you up."
'I had given myself up, for the marter
of that," returned Lord Wriotbealey.
"But I knew how to wait and, as yon see,
all things have come to me."
"So embarrassed as all that?" said she,
arching her pretty brows. "A man ao
rich is jingularly ungrateful wen he
wears a countenance as dissatisfied as ;
yours," she said, iaugMng maliciously ana
leaning toward him with an affected air
of sympathy. "Who Is she then? Can I
help you to look for her?"
"Whom should 1 be looking for? Have
I not fonnd you?"
"That suffices, my good cousin. I shall
let you off the rest," retorted she, mak
ing him a little moue. "We have loved
each other too well and too long for that
Yet one more question. Why are you
not at the Towers just now? You were
due there on the nineteenth eb?
"Business, bos hies, business thst most
hateful of all things! I fancied myself
sure of my leave, or I shouldn't have nam
ed the nineteenth when writing to Lady
Mary; but the fact la the colonel can t let
me off until the day after to-morrow."
Something in Wrivthesley's face pus
sled Lady Verulam. He was not attend
ing U what ahe waa saying, and be was
looking over ber shoulder at some object
behind her. He did not actually start,
but an indefinable light gleamed from bis
eyes. It waa a light not to be mistaken
by so clever a student of human nature
as Lady Verulam, aad it betrayed blm
to ber.
"Ah, so the lady la here to-nigbt, after
all!" she said, slowly, turning her bead
and looking toward the end of the room,
where stood a small group of four or five
people.
The party had only just entered, and the
central figure stood out from the others
rather prominently. She was a tall wom
an, slight without being thin, clad la an
exquisite brocade of an aqua-marine
shade. The other members of the group
were men, and they seemed to follow her
and bend over her with an assiduity thst
bespoke an eager desire to plea.
Ho it Is Mrs. Scarlett?- said Mrs. Ve
rulam, turning again to ber cousin aad
speaking somewhat excitedly. "My dear
Fulke, I can hardly congratulate you.
"Certainly not it is far too soon, he
retorted, with a laugh, purposely misun
derstanding ber words.
"Ah sor she asld, coldly. "It Is of
course well to understand how things are
oing. You knew Mrs. Scarlett la In
dia r
"For a month or six weeks a mere mo
ment out of one's Ufa in fact I made
ber acquaintance lust before leaving,
"You both returned to England la the
same ship, did you not?"
"Yea."
"Another six weeks! Why, you art
qalte old friends! I have heard that a
sea-voyage ripens friendship as swiftly
aa an Italian sun."
"So have I. It baa, however, hardly
ripened the friendship yon speak of. As
yet Mrs. Scarlett and I are mere ac
quaintances."
"She does not look like any man's ac
quaintance,'' said Mrs. Verulam, vague
ly. "Her male friends should be all In all
or not at all to her, I should fancy her
alsves or nothing."
"You dislike ber?" said Wrtotheatey,
glancing quickly at kia cousin. "I won
der yon asked ber here."
"As to thst one moat follow the fash
km; and she is the fashion aow. Her
fame traveled from India faster than aha
did, and though we know she wsa orig
inally only the daughter of a petty coun
try squire, still we are all very eager to
get ber to come to our houses.
"Her fame?" said be. aaastkraiagly
"As the cleverest beauty of her timet
By the bye, who Is that with ber now?"
An aid man bad joined the group round
Mrs. Scarlett and was shaking hands
with her.
"The Duke of Dawtry," said Wriothse-
lay.
"Of course-I shoatd have known.'
Mrs. Verulam waa alient for a few mo
ments, thea added presently: "Consider
ing who she wss, I must do ber the Justice
to say she baa made very good running
In a abort time alone, too very Uttie help
was gives her."
"You forget she married wall," said
Wriothesley, who was keeping his brow
clear by aa almost superhuman effort
"Oh, that poor old Mr. Bcarlattr re
turned Mrs. Verulam, saruggmg
shoulders coatetnptuoualy. "Ha waa
society l-ejotid. By this means she wss
enabled to make ber bow tu the world
he took the theater for ber. as it were;
the bell rang, the curtain went up, and,
lo! there she was before it must be con
fessed a very appreciative audience! Khe
has proved herself a hnge success; but
to aspire to a duke!" She paused to look
at Wriothesley, and it seemed to her
that, though his face was impassive, he
was not unmoved.
He bowed very low to her and crossed
the room to where Mrs. Scarlett sat en
throned amidst her courtiers, lie stood
on the outskirts of her little court, until
presently, one after another of her admir
ers having moved away, he felt himself
almost alone with her.
As Wriothesley approached ber Mrs.
Scarlett who very seldom gave any man
her hand in greeting receivtd him with
a smile.
"You are late," she said. Her voice
was low, clear. Her eyes rested on him
thoughtfully for a few moments; aud
theo, apparently satisfied with whatever
knowledge she had gained, ahe turned
them away from him.
"Those are kinder words than you bave
said to me for many a day; they at least
permit me to hope that you have missed
me," he said. '
"It is you who have missed something,"
she said "more than you know."
"Not more than I know," he replied,
looking at her earnestly. "You I miss al
ways; and these last Interminable hours
in which I have lieen kept from you, in
spite of all my efforts, have been worse
than death."
"How you squander your talents!" she
continued. "Have you no thought for
the morrow? If you expend your entire
stock of sentiment now, what will you
bave in the future?"
"You, I hope," be returned, prdptly.
"You are bold," she said, presently, yet
the boldness of his wooing seemed to
please her. She drew her skirts aside as
if to grant him a seat beside her.
"No; do not let us stay here," he en
treated "let me take you to a place where
one can breathe In comfort. The con
servatories are, comparatively speaking,
cool."
"So I have been told ever since I came.
It is the cry on every lip The rooms are
purgatory, the conservatories paradise.
Come, let us enter therein T "
He bent over ber; bis eyes sought and
met hers. He was very handsome, and,
suddenly, almost without ber knowledge,
as it were, she found (he had risen and
waa moving with biin across the room.
(To be continued.)
THE CARE-FREE VIENNESE.
They Barely Take Life Berioaaly, Un
ices at a Funeral,
"The native Viennese la a Jolly, good-
natured, shift! em creature," writes Ed
ward A. Stetaer in the Woman's Home
Companion.
"No people on the earth are ao jolly,
or so easily and so oath amused. Oo
to the Prater, the largest public park
n Europe, and from a hundred differ
ent beer-gardens cornea the noiae of
tooting brass bands and stamping feat
aad beating drum. Merry go-round
awing old and young, aad dime mcse-
ums and music balls are aa full of peo
ple aa they are empty of decency. Oo
to the theaters on any night and yon
will find tbero crowded by an enthusi
astic audience, the galleries filled by
noisy students and working -giria. The
oo art theaters, which present only le
gitimate dramas aad opera, have also
their numerous devotee. Oo to the
coffee-bouaea, of which there la one on
every comer, and yo will find than
fail, especially io the afternoon, with
marc bants with their nosea la the
BAwapapera, and clerks sipping tbsfr
Mocha, and oAcara Brooking their ci
gar, and cue-puhlag nd card sfcof
flJng youths. At night those coffee-houses
become the rendearvooa of the lower
e lament. I bave never aeea the Viennese
serious, unless It be a a funeral, and 1
suppose that even out of that he nan
agws to gat some fun. Tat be la sassUy
excited, and although loyal and law
abiding bis good-ciat ure may qtocaiy
turn Into a fiery passion, and a Vien
nese riot la a aerioua matter for tba
poHce"
The Old-Faah towed Soldier.
Tba day of tba dashing old aoidier,
who did amusingly cool aad brilliant
things, seems to have goo by. Oooi
tba soldier la still expected ta be, bat
tba chance of doing brilliant things hi
reduced to a minimum. To UlnstnUe
tba way of the oM-faataooed soldier,
an Engilah exchange tails of an rxaiott
of Private O'Bhangpnaaay, wba wa la
tba Indian mutiny,
Sbaugh. aa they called him, waa on
of the foremost ho an attack oa a
pie, or a palace, or aome other gorgeous
bmUhnc. and had sot got far Into It
before ha came In front of a great mir
ror. Instantly be stopped before It,
and though tba batten war wtletltng
past blm began to admire himself and
twirl Ma moatactia.
"Bedad. Bhaogh," ha eakl to himsatf.
with a gru, "ye'ra a fotne agar of
man."
Jost then a bullet aaabed to the
mirror, breaking tba glass ktto a thoo-
sand plem. and obtttantls aba
tioa of Shaogb's feasors.
"Arrah. there!" ha caTlad angrtty,
taming back, "ya'T sbpiled the fotn
rfcnr tihat I bad of
Lnat Wanwm Bridge.
The lancegt wmn brides ta the
wortd Is situated at Oalvaston, Tax.
It to nor than ttaee miles long, i
apans tha Oaivsaaoa Bay, front north
to sooth, tt la bwOt mainly of wool
and bag an draw. It to also on of If
not tha widest bridges fa Ajnerica, al
lowing tha passage of throe raMetoa at
on tint.
Qaits NssrL
Digga-Bian. th baa-, glad taa)
Btgw-Tbat ao? Of wbai dM be d1
Digaa-Toa ataa what dM ha
dm," I MpposaT
WWathai
WhteaaaNWtorbbttf?
Ta)
GOLD'S DEADLY ..Oil. ;
GOLD STANDARD CONTRACTION
PARALYZES tNTERPRISE.
Prospects of Future Credits Are ie-struycd-W
Have Come to the 1'lace
Where the Hoad lirantheal in Which
direction Shall We Mover
Peienttflc Reform or Drstrurt iou.
Whatever credit device may le in
vented, whether government or Imuk
currency, mJeenialil ' tu gold, or private
checks, bills of exchange or other prom
ises to pay, the volume of the circula
ting medium must u!;imately (Upend
ujkju the volume of tuii)e. clothed with
every money function. Money redeem
able in other money Is simply a form of
credit. Credit Is limited by the means
of payment or redemption. Siuee pre
historic times ami up to the year ISTIJ,
the fabric of credit. Including fum uey
redeemable in -oln, rested on ldh gold
aud silver. That pail of the founda
tion ulilcb consisted of silver 1ms leeu
removed, aud Ibe silver coin, which
forme! at least one-half of the banc,
lias been converted iuto credit money
to lie redeemed In gold. In round num
bers, the gold coin, silver coin and pa
per money of the world are aliont eitial
to each other. The pyramid was firm
and substantial while gold and silver
were the base, anl constituted two
thirdK of the fabric; and wlrlW? pajwr,
the apex, represented only about rmi
lliinl. It now stands: Gold win, one
third, for the apex; ami silver and pa
per, two-thirds, for the base; but tb
pyramid is reversed, with the apex at
the bottom.
The load of credit resting rn gold
must be greatly reduced to correnpond
with the gold standard, and that i the
procptsa now going on, which ha pro
duced the current financial "siiueejsc,"'
and to which ttse authors of the ruin
point as an "object lesson."
The hope of relief by Increanlng
debts, or Issuing more currency re
deemable In gold, la vain. The Inflation
ef prices, by Issuing paper redeemable
In gold without ewsld for redemption.
must end In panic and collapse. It
would be like attempting a permanent
cure of delirium trvmenn by an In
creased indulgence In strong drink. The
grasp of gold contraction can only be
temporarily relieved by credit device,
as a natlent la sometimes revlvd rhn
ufferlng from the effects of alcoholism,
by a cocktail In the morning, only to be
unk to a stilt lower depth of depress
ion by the inevitable reaction later In
the day, Banks are the storm center
of paulca. The snucexe of lXJ.'l, to
force the gold standard, pumped the
wind out Of fi,5W,000,0JO of bank cred
its, based on ITjOO.OOO.noO of reserves.
But the "object lesson" has not silenced
the demand of the gold trust for more
credit and less money.
The alternative of scientific money,
of mafwlBl other than gold and sliver.
or the restoration of the automatic rule,
la presented to the creditor class. The
revolution which they bave Inaugur
ated to destroy tbe automatic rule,
must either be arrested by the reetora
tlon of stiver, or by the Invention and
establishment of a better system.
The preliminary effects of the gold
standard contraction have paralyzed
enterprise and destroyed the prospect
of future credit. It Is now destroy
ing existing obligations, and when It
deadly work shall have been fully ac
complished, all bonded debts will nave
been liquidated by liquidation and
bankruptcy. If blind greed la to be tbe
only guide of the money powers in the
future, as It has been In the past, tbe
horrors of universal ruin and the dlaor-
ganlxatlon of society may be rea 1 1 ted
before tbe work of reconstruction can
be began. Tbe bop still exists that
there Is sufficient Intelligence In the
masses to dlreet their dormaftt, energies
In a mighty effort to 'freak the chains
of contraction, with which fraud and
avarice have bounrt the limbs of enter
prise. If this nope can be realised, tno
civilisation of tbe nineteenth century
will escape the abyss of degradation
and want In which all preceding civil l-
xatlons bave perished. Sliver Knlgbt
Watcbman. Past the Theoretical fttace.
Direct legislation is no longer a the
ory to be considered at soma future
time, bat baa come up before tbe peo
ple to bo settled. Snail we bar a
government by tha people aad for tba
people, or a government by and for tba
money changers? Delegated govern
ment ha proven a failure, and wa
thould assert our right to bave a voice
in the management of tbe government
Coder the present system we elect a
man to a legislative office, and thea ba
III not do a thing that ba la In-
m meted by bis constituency to do, and
tbe bigger rascal be Is tbe more chance
be stands for re-election. Under the In
Illative and referendum tba people
eould have last such laws aa they
wanted. Tnere wouia be no power
tbove tbe people. Ton will not hare
to give np your other Idea for tbls one.
If you are a free-silver Democrat yon
can continue so to ne. it you are a
;old standard advocate and believe
ihata majority of tbe people want mon
omctalllsin, you cannot object to this
principle. Legal Tender.
A Hesse r far Trsats,
Prof, franklin Olddlngs of Oolumbia
College knowa bow to bold hla Job. Ba
has corns oat frankly la defense of
trusts. "Trust," aaya Professor Oid
lings, "cannot forea oonsnmari to pay
extortionate prices. Pssol will do
without tba things tor which too high
t price la charga." la eanni sating
upon tbls utteranea tha Now Tork
lournal remark editorially: Trm
will defeat tbemserrsa If oaly tha pss
pie will adopt taa plan of eaapalgn
suggested by burning candles Instead
f la rape, eating ewy for wheat, walk
th:g cniidren go um-dvicated Instead of
buying school ljks, using Dint and
Meet instead of mBtcbes. and possibly
U-iiig buried in sacks so as to escspe
the extortions of the National Oaakut
Company."
Iinplicltvof Governments.
The United Htates has been disgraced
I for the last twenty years uj tun uuuu.u
dealing of leading politicians and gov
ernment otiielala on tbe silver question.
All parties have claimed during that
time that they were la favor of bimet
allism while they were working and
plotting for the single gold standard.
Mr. iage was the first aoldlte In this
ceiintry who declared that It was the
jn.licy of the administration to more
thoroughly commit the country to the
single gold standard. He has since
procured another face and attached It
to the other side of bin head, so that b
can look lotli ways. He now ttays that
he is an Internationalist liimetallist. On
the principle that misery loves com
pany It may lie pome satisfaction to
know that the Hritisb government l
equally fabte In its dealings with tha
people a N this government.
In IS!; the House of Commons passed!
a resolution urgently recommendiug
the adoption of an international agree
ment to secure a par of exchange be-
j tween gold and silver. Everything at
that time In government circles worw
a bimetallic aspect, ami the rose-coloredV
falsehood so familiar In this country
n Hie subject of bimetallism bloomed
a brilliantly In Ixindon as In Washing
ton. When Jie tent came by the ap
pearance of the Wolcott commission a
shilly-shally game waa played -for a
time, ami finally the commllon waa
illMiutesed.aud tbe government of Oreat
Britain proceeded In ItH relentlexs poli
cy f forcing India to a gold bauls and
Influencing other governments to pro
ceed to crush the masses by contract
ing the circulating medium to the nar
row IlmltH of gold.
The people of Great Britain are not
tTiKennlTjle to the miseries which tba
gold standard Inflicts. The labor organi
zation snd wealth-producing organisa
tion of Oreat Britain nre foremost In
Intelligence and courage of any Indus
trial organizations In tbe world. They
feel keenly as tbe people of the United'
States do the double dealing of Repub
lican and Democratic administration.
A monster protest has been presented1
to Lord dafbibary by the wealth-producers
of Oreat Britain. It shows that
the conditions on both sides of tbe At
lantic are the same. Of course It will
have no-more effect than a like petition'
of tbe laboring masse of this country
wonld have had upon either Harrison
or Cleveland, or than it now would
have If presented to the present occu-
lnt of the Executive mansion. It will
tie seen bjr this protest that Lord Salis
bury Is as dependent upon tbe money
powers a trie cniet executive or me
Uulted States. Gold monopoly Is aa
I ocr ful In England aa It Is In the
fulled States, and It Is the enemy of
tabor tinder every sun snd In every
land.
Why It Costa More
It l said that In the matter of carry-
Ing the malls that tbe railroads charge
thirty mil Ion of tax money for their
service to the government, but render
the same service to express companies
for three millions. Why? All Con
gress men ride free on railroad passes,
though they are paid 20 cents per mile
In cash by Uncle Ham for mileage, and
are generally, In both parties, elected
by ralfroad campaign funds, and of tea.
ar owners of stock In some of tba
roads working for the government.
Tha eoeamon people are Ignorant of
government details, and sweat and
grunt It out. and throw up their hats
for the party. The poor devil are so
easy fooled that no man In politic
thinks It worth bis while to help tbem.
What Oar Money Bests On.
"Onr money rests on gold," says tba
Portland Oregonlan. Yes; why does
It? Simply to perpetuate a paternal
debt system which feeds upon produc
tion like a weir-wolf. Our money will
likely continue to rest on gold so long
as tbe people support tbe idea that
the government should encourage debt
making, protect debt owners and oth
erwise meddle In business affairs. But
tha money of no people capable of real
self-government would have to rst on
gold or any other product. In short,
under tba form of government which
would bant serve tba whole people
money would ba simply a repreaeouv
tlve of value. Bast Oregonlan.
A Obeetlr Record,
During the month of March In ana
ctty of St. Louis, there were 22 acci
dental deaths, 2fi suicides aod two mur
ders. That la what makes prosperity
for tha coroner and furnishes proof
that tbo present system to lb beat tzust
man can have. How many peoplo
could commit suicide, think you. If
tbey ware employed by tha public at
wage that would s ruble thara to lira
weU and never feel th (aar of want?
Thst Is what socialism would guaran
tee to every person, Db yau think that
would deprive lit of any laeanttva ta
lira and grow wtoar aad betterV-Ap-peal
to Reason.
Prosperity With a Tea awes
Tbey are still cutting down wage la
New England, Tha Boston Manufac
turing Company, of Waltham, Mass.,
will reduce th wagaa of 1,600 em
ployes 10 par cant on tha 28th Inst, and
a strike may result. Tba Carnegie
Company have notified their aareral
thousand employes of a 10 par east re
duction In wagaa. Mow Tork OHy haa
about 187,000 worker Mia and taa ap
neas for chartty are mora urgst than
ever before,
AsasaaaitiM Means! r la Nasarsgaa.
Ta foTgfaat of Nloaragaa, aa a
reveaa aaaara. haa assaasad a mo
nopoly af taa trad la laad la balk aad
bars or awiaafaatarad, aad alaa ta capa
aaa cartrMfaa far haattag
, Maty, a Utue sadly.
fi,Beae aa the
lag mils Instsatf af tateoboalng.
vwlrara.
